Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
Time goes by: reputation increases, ability declines.
Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.